Garnett ("Bill") Prince

Former staff Director, President Ronald Reagan's National Drug Policy Board.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, U. S. Dept. of Labor
Former Executive Assistant - 2 U.S. Secretaries of Labor
Former Spec. Assistant - U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services
Former Senior Director, Government Affairs, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Co.
Former Director, Training & Government Relations, VICA/SkillsUSA
Former Senior Field Representative, Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs
Former Deputy Criminal Court Clerk, Hamilton County

I loved my years at KTHS and was blessed to be chosen MR. KIRKMAN and class Valedictorian. I was most influenced by teachers, Edith Apperson, Emmett Apperson, and Louise Walton. Ralph Pennington was like a 2nd father to me.

I served from June 1967 - June 1971 with two tours of combat duty in South Vietnam. I was wounded at the Battle for Hue City, during the Tet Offensive, in February 1968. Spent 4 months in the hospital. Served as an Honor Escort for marines killed in action, escorting 26 fallen Marines to their home towns. Returned to Vietnam for a 13 month tour in 1970. Was honorably discharged as a Sergeant E-5.

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Most of my working career spent in Washington, DC. Retired in 2000. Enjoyed the art of Public Speaking, having spoken in all 50 states and 23 countries. Life member of 6 national veterans organizations. I am a 32nd degree Mason (Chattanooga Lodge #199, F&AM, and Chattanooga Scottish Rite). Divorced in 1983, remarried and became widowed in 2007, then met my wife on a blind dinner date in Aiken, SC and remarried in 2009. Enjoying playing golf with my wife in our community here in Tellico Village, just south of Knoxville.

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I considered all my classmates as my friends, as well as many in the class of 1968.